Informal a nervous condition
usually in the humorous phrase the fantods, a state of restless anxiety
Origin of fantod
probably from fant(astic) + -od from uncertain or unknown; perhapsfantod
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fantod
noun
- fantods a. A state of nervous irritability.b. Nervous movements caused by tension.
- An outburst of emotion; a fit.
Origin of fantod
Origin unknownTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural fantods)
- (chiefly in the plural, dated) A state of worry or nervous anxiety, irritability.
- For examples of usage of this sense, see fantods
- An irritable outburst.
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